The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-07-03
BURNED UP HIS OWN CHILD.
THE TERRIBLE CRIME OF A DRUNKEN
TINKER ON FIRST STREET

Throwing a Lamp at the Wife of His
Friend, and Scattering Bisztng OF
Over His Infant Baby-Tne Brute Ar
rested and Very Penitent.
The sqq uiid tenement. No 3s2 First street,
in the italian region of the city, up near
the Point of Rocks, was the scene Of
brutal crime early yesterday morning. The
bulldog is a tottering four-story building,
occupied by many families. Among those
who lived in two or three of the rooms
iuto which it is divided were Thomas
Reilly, his wife and three children. james
McGarry, who lives with his wife on Second
street. was his friend. They travelled
around together soliciting work, and when
the days work was done the men and
the women of the two families gem
orally met in the apartments Of
one or the other to drink beer and
hold rum seance. FRIDAY night all hands
got pretty much under the Influence of
liquor, and Reilly grew SO quarrelsome
that he tried to make q row with his friend,
McGarry The latter was wise IN his day
and generation. and he Kept out of the
way of fsticuff, and let Reilly pursue the
evil tenor of his way alone. Along towards
midnight he climbed to his dirty apart
ments His two eldest children had gone
down stairs out of the sitting beat and
closeness of the rooms to seek Fieep and
air on the street stoop. But Mrs. M u airy
was still there. helping Mrs Reilly drain
the last dregs from the beer can. Mrs
Reilly was lolling on the uninvfting bed.
while near trunk at the foot of the bed
her year-old infant child was sleeping on
some qnilts that had been spread on the
floor. The sight of Mrs. McGarry brought
to Rellly's mind the quarrel he hads
had with her husband, and according 81
Mrs Reillys story he ordered her to goa
home According to Mrs. MEG arTys story
he declared that if he could not lick her
husband he could al any rate p,1nish ner-
An instant later he seized lamp That
stood on the bureau at his side and nurleo
it at the woman. It missed her end struek
the trunk, near which the sleeping lnrant
lay. 1t broke into fragments as 1t struck.
and a spray of blazing oil was scattered
over the baby. 1t awoke with a shrl ek, and
the next instant was enYaloped By flames.
AIRS. Reilly sprang from the he'd, seized the
suffering little one. and in lifting It from
the bed of fire was herself severely burn
ed on the face and arms. She heroIcaily
kept at it, however. tiTf-She had the chIid III
her arms. It's scantv clothing was tnen
afre. and it required time ana - ~ = - -
put it out Officer Iuyster rushed 1txos
the house to see what was the occasioas
of the excitement, and barber FaDpball.
who came too, poured oil on the awfui
blisters the flames had drawn crihe little
sufferers body. The officer said that the
child was in great danger, and II was
wrapped in rags and sent to tbs City Hos-
pital 1t fingered for but two hours later
Reilly was arrested yesterday morning
and com mitted Mrs McGarry was taken
into custody afterwards and issheld as q
Witness The charge against Reilly on the
police blotter is manslaughter. Is
Some time ago Mrs. McGsrry had her
child burned in the same house. She had
left it in the charge Of a drunken woman
who allowed Ii to ron off her lap on to the
stove. Sc, ss 4 aaasss a4